Jar-holder



. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELLIOTT B. MGKEEVER, OF MOLINE, ILLINOIS.

JAR-HWOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,671, datedSeptember 2'7, 1881,

Application filed May 14, 1881. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, ELLIOTT B. MOKEEVER, acitizen of the United States,residing at Mo- 1ine,intl1e county of Rock Island and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jar- Holders; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures ofreferencefinarked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention has for its object to furnish a lifter which will adaptitself to any size of bottle, can, or other article.

It consists in a belt or band of any suitable materials, preferablyelastic, the ends only of which are held on the endsof the curvedjaws ofthe tongs. Thejaws of the tongs are large enough curve to encircle anyordinary can, bottle, or other vessel. to be lifted, while the band ismade of a length to be adjusted to the circumference of thesmaller-sized vessels, so that it will be drawn tight around the latterwhen the jaws of the tongs are closed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of apair of tongs having myimprovement applied thereto. Fig. 2 shows the outer end of one ofthejaws of the tongs, and Fig. 3 shows the sliding clasp for holding theends of the belt.

A represents a pair of tongs, the jaws a a of which are curved, asshown, and made long enough to encircle the largest-size cans, bottles,or other vessels. On the outer ends of the jaws are formed small lugs, aa adapted to receive and hold a clasp, b. The clasp b slips loosely ontothe lugs, so as to give room for theends of the band a. The band cismade preferably of gum, coiled wire, or other suitable material, so thatit will stretch slightly when drawn around the bottle. It may be made ofnon-elastic material-such as canvas or woven belting, &c. The ends ofthe belt are placed over the lugs a? and the clasp slipped over, asshown in Fig. 1. The clasp can be readily slipped off and the belt takenup or let out to adapt it to smaller or larger vessels. Other means forholding the ends of the belt may be employedas, for example, a smallsupplemental jaw held by a thumb-screw on the end of the main jaw a; ora spring attachment fastened to main jaw could be employed.

I have shown the jaws a provided with a long cross-head, a, on which isformed thelug a adapted to receive a broad belt. By such construction abelt of any desired width may be employed.

The operation of the device will be very readily understood bvinspecting the drawings.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1S-

1. The combination, substantiallyas herein'before set forth, of thesemicircular jaws of the tongs, pivoted together at their inner ends,and provided with operating-handles, and the loose expansible belthaving its outer ends secured to the outer ends of thejaws and carriedinward so that it is clasped between the jaws and the jar, substantiallyas set forth.

2. In a bottle-lifter, the combination, with the loose belt 0 and thearms at, having the lugs a on their outer ends, of the clasp b, to slipover the lugs a? and end of the belt, substantially as andfor thepurposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELLIOTT B. MGKEEVER.

Witnesses:

W. J. ENTRIKIN, J. 'I. BROWNING.

